SCOPE & FUNCTIONS:
Over the years, O&M function of rural based schemes kept
on shifting from one agency to another and finally SLGO
2001 stipulated O&M of all schemes to respective TMA.
Presently urban based schemes are operated and
maintained by concerned Local Councils whereas completed
Rural W/S and Drainage Schemes are being looked-after by
PHED. PHED had been a part of Local Government
Department and was given an independent status, having
its own Minister & a Secretariat in 2008; but in 2013,
the department was again merged in Local Government
Department. As of recent, PHED and RDD have been
separated from Local Govt. under a separate Ministry.